The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a mountainside resort in the fictional country of Zubrowka. When Gustave is framed for the murder of a wealthy dowager, he and his recently befriended protégé Zero embark on a quest for a priceless Renaissance painting amid the backdrop of an encroaching fascist regime. The BBC chose The Grand Budapest hotel as one of the greatest films of the twenty-first century.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel is a 2014 comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. Ralph Fiennes leads a seventeen-actor ensemble cast as Monsieur Gustave H., famed concierge of a mountainside resort in the fictional country of Zubrowka. When Gustave is framed for the murder of a wealthy dowager, he and his recently befriended protégé Zero embark on a quest for a priceless Renaissance painting amid the backdrop of an encroaching fascist regime. The film earned US$172. 9 million in box office revenue worldwide, making it Anderson’s highest grossing feature to date. It led the 87th Academy Awards season with nine nominations, and earned several other honors chiefly for writing and technical achievement. The BBC chose The Grand Budapest hotel as one of the greatest films of the twenty-first century. It was well received by critics for its craftsmanship, though the film’s approach to the subject matter, fragmented storytelling, and characterization drew occasional disapproval. French composer Alexandre Desplat crafted the symphonic, Russian folk-inspired score, which expanded on his early work with Anderson. The film premiered in competition at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival on February 6, 2014. The French theatrical release on February 26 preceded the film’s global rollout, followed by releases in Germany, North America, and the United Kingdom on March 6–7. They learn that Madame D. had a second will, which would only take effect if she was murdered.
They attempt to find a military headquarters to find it, but fall into a shootout with Zubrowkan troops’s troops’s attempt to escape from a hanging from a van. They rush to save Agatha from harm as she escapes from Dmitri, but he opens fire on them, making Gustave and Zero flee. He opens a second van to make it past the pastries and into a second pastries van, making a second attempt to make a second escape. They flee with the painting to sell as she sneaks in to sell it to a second buyer, making the second escape attempt a success. They return to the Grand Budapest to retrieve the painting, but the second buyer is killed by Dmitri. They leave, absconding with the priceless painting for safekeeping. When Zero and Gustave are reunited, they set out to prove Gustave’s innocence with the assistance of a fraternity of concierges: the Society of Crossed Keys. They arrive back at the hotel to retrieve Boy with Apple, which they find in a converted headquarters. They learn from Zero that Madame had a missing second will. Gustave has Zero place digging tools inside pastries made by Agatha, an apprentice baker at Mendl’s and Zero’s girlfriend. He is arrested for Madame D’s murder. He and Zero visit Schloss Lutz, her estate, to pay their respects and encounter her surviving relatives hearing the reading of her will by her attorney, Deputy Vilmos Kovacs. The author begins narrating as the film explores his history, prefacing with a 1985 excerpt.
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